The value of Compassion AND Wisdom

JOHN SHIRK – It was Paul’s prayer for the church in Philippians 1:9 that our love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that we may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.

What do we need for helping a friend in need? What do we need to raise godly children? We need the grace of God to give us compassion and wisdom to provide what they need.

Combining compassion with wisdom, we have the desire to help someone in need, and we learn to discern what a person really needs, not just what they say they want. What someone wants may not be what they need.

The demonstration of wise compassion is used of God to draw others to Jesus. It was His demonstration of love at the cross which gives us what we really need-forgiveness of sins, saving grace, and eternal hope.

That’s today’s Mission Statement for representing Jesus in the world today.